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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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